Benghazi's Smoking Guns

Los Angeles Times ^ | May 14, 2013 | Jonah Goldberg

[real_patriotic_american]

There's an arsenal worth, from testimony at congressional hearings to the State Department's flawed internal review to the four dead Americans.....

But it's worth remembering that Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't get their information from the talking points. They got their information earlier and from much higher authorities, like then-CIA Director David H. Petraeus. The CIA believed the attacks were terrorist-driven early on. According to ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl, when Petraeus saw the talking points, he thought they were useless.....

The president said Monday that he immediately referred to the Benghazi attacks as "terrorism." This is at best a brutal bending of the truth. He used the word "terror" generically in the Rose Garden on Sept. 12. And then for the next two weeks, he went on a media blitz blaming a video, including in an interview recorded that day with "60 Minutes." .....

[little jeremiah]

Basically, the Rs need to kick the administration at every weak point, which means every criminal wrongdoing. Then when they are weakened, hit them harder. Leave nothing out.

[little jeremiah]

Muslim sympathies are not going to lead to his removal.

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His “Mozlem sympathies” motivated crimes.

[Ray76]

I am not going to argue, but only point out that arming an enemy is treason. No ifs, ands, or buts, about it.

If that is what was going on at Benghazi, and I think it is practically a certainty, then you will get your desired outcome.

All crimes need to be investigated, IRS as well as Benghazi.

[little jeremiah]

Leave no turn pile unturned.

[little jeremiah]

It is possible that you are right, but with Stevens dead and the co-conspirators overseas, this will be a very tough nut to crack.YOu mean the survivors? Who knows where they are, do you? More witnesses want to tell what they know. Many people know what was going on, not just Stevens. This is huge, and many crimes were committed - not just "impeachable" offenses, but decades or a lifetime of imprisonment (at the least). I do not understand your desire to ignore this.

[Jim Noble]

I don’t exactly want to “ignore” Benghazi. I just think that, of the many things that could be investigated, this is the one that is most likely to have a successful defense by distraction and obfuscation.

[Jim Noble]

Back in the day, the thing that most passionate Nixon haters wanted him hung for was the “illegal” invasion of Cambodia.

As things evolved, it became clear that an executive decision involving a controversial overseas adventure was the most likely place for his defenders to make a stand.